Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour: Third Annual Daniel McMillin Memorial

Darren had a rough night in Missouri as he failed to make the "A" Feature.

Race Results:

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Lake Okark Speedway (Land of the Ozarks, MO) - Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour Third Annual Daniel McMillin Memorial

Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points to "A" Main; Balance to 3 "B" Mains):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 13k-Kathryne Minter, 2. 14-Randy Martin, 3. 13-Jesse Hockett, 4. 94-Danny Wood, 5. 9x-Gary Wright, 6. 81au-Gavin Punch, 7. 6-Bryan Grimes, 8. 9c-Tony Crank, 9. 3x-Matt Sutton.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 99-Brady Bacon, 2. 53-Jack Dover, 3. 86-Josh Fisher, 4. 88-Tim Crawley, 5. 72-Sherman Davis, 6. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. 10a-Ricky Logan, 8. 23-Seth Bergman, 9. 11-Chad Corken.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 43-Frank Brown, 3. 57-Shane Stewart, 4. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 5. 7-Darren Long, 6. 1p-Curtis Evans, 7. 10T-Clint Todd, 8. 35-Derrik Ortega, 9. 72x-Curtis Boyer.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 15s-Nick Smith, 2. 29-Travis Rilat, 3. 3b-Mitchell Moore, 4. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 5. 12-Trey Robb, 6. 21h-Terry Hinck, 7. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 8. 38-Cody Baker, 9. 95-Matt Covington.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 91-Gary Taylor, 2. 85-Tommy Bryant, 3. 2-Kenneth Walker, 4. 18w-Chris Walker, 5. 4-Evan Martin, 6. 93-Dustin Morgan, 7. 1-Sean McClelland, 8. 18x-Tim Newman, 9. 21T-Eric Todd.
Heat Six (8 Laps): 1. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 2. 3d-Paul McMahan, 3. 10-Mike Trent, 4. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 5. 3p-Rusty Potter, 6. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 7. 48-David Brown, 8. 22-Dustin Barks.

"B" Mains (Top 2 From Each Advance to "A" Main):
First "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 13-Jesse Hockett, 2. 88-Tim Crawley, 3. 55-Donnie Ray Crawford, 4. 2-Kenneth Walker, 5. 72-Sherman Davis, 6. 93-Dustin Morgan, 7. 7-Darren Long, 8. 38-Cody Baker, 9. 1-Sean McClelland, 10. 11-Chad Corken, 11. 10T-Clint Todd, 12. 35-Derrik Ortega. DNS: 21T-Eric Todd.
Second "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 86-Josh Fisher, 2. 94-Danny Wood, 3. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 4. 12-Trey Robb, 5. 4-Evan Martin, 6. 14k-Kyle Bellm, 7. 95-Matt Covington, 8. 22-Dustin Barks, 9. 6-Bryan Grimes, 10. 3x-Matt Sutton, 11. 10a-Ricky Logan. DNS: 18x-Tim Newman.
Third "B" Feature (12 Laps): 1. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 2. 3b-Mitchell Moore, 3. 3p-Rusty Potter, 4. 3-Mark Shirshekan, 5. 21h-Terry Hinck, 6. 1p-Curtis Evans, 7. 81au-Gavin Punch, 8. 23-Seth Bergman, 9. 9c-Tony Crank, 10. 72x-Curtis Boyer, 11. 11c-Dakota Carroll, 12. 48-David Brown.

Third Annual Daniel McMillin Memorial "A" Main Event:
“A” Feature (35 Laps): 1. 41-Jason Johnson, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 99-Brady Bacon, 4. 3d-Paul McMahan, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 9x-Gary Wright, 7. 13-Jesse Hockett, 8. 18-Tony Bruce, Jr., 9. 15s-Nick Smith, 10. 14-Randy Martin, 11. 29-Travis Rilat, 12. 85-Tommy Bryant, 13. 97-Aaron Berryhill, 14. 88-Tim Crawley, 15. 94-Danny Wood, 16. 86-Josh Fisher, 17. 10-Mike Trent, 18. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 19. 18w-Chris Walker, 20. 3p-Rusty Potter, 21. 43-Frank Brown, 22. 3b-Mitchell Moore, 23. 13k-Kathryne Minter, 24. 1-Sean McClelland, 25. 91-Gary Taylor.
Lap Leaders: Randy Martin 1-2, Tommy Bryant 3-29, Jason Johnson 30-35.

Weekend Outlook

We will be at Lake Ozark Speedway (Missouri) this Saturday night with the 360 ASCS Lucas Oil Series.  You can listen Live to Saturday nights race at www.racinboys.com   While in Missouri, we will head on over to Double X Speedway (Missouri) for a Sunday night race.

June 12th and 13th Racing Update

Darren had a rough start to the weekend at Limaland with a last place finish in the A Main after getting stacked up with some cars in turn 1. He followed up that performance with a solid showing at Waynesfield with a 3rd place finish in which he started at 15th.

Limaland.com Race Summary:
Engine Pro NRA Sprints Run for the Rabbit: 1) Rob Chaney 2) Ron Blair 3) Tim Hunter 4) Brock Mayes 5) JR Stewart 6) Kent Wolters 7) Tim Allison 8) Neil Sheppard 9) Butch Schroeder 10) Luke Hall 11) Sheldon Haudenschild 12) Jared Horstman 13) Mike Miller 14) Tim Viles 15) Mike Dunlap 16) Aaron Smith 17) Dennis Yoakam 18) Caleb Helms 19) Jeff Williams 20) Darren Long

Rob Chaney notched another Engine Pro NRA Sprint Invaders victory by winning Limaland Motorsports Park’s prestigious Run for the Rabbit memorial race. Limaland, in conjunction with the Lima AutoMall, holds this event every year to remember Travis “The Rabbit” Miller who thrilled fans on the famous high-banked quarter-mile in his sprint car. The 10th Annual Run for the Rabbit got off to a tough start for last week’s feature winner, Darren Long, and Jeff Williams. Several cars stacked up in turns one and two with the end result being parked cars for both drivers. Neil Sheppard succumbed to the relentless pressure of Rob Chaney by the fifth lap and Chaney went on to claim his first victory of the year at Limaland. Chaney’s victory also earned him a spot in this year’s King of the Quarter-Mile. Ron Blair ran a solid second and Tim Hunter charged from ninth to finish third.

Waynesfield Motor Sports Park Race Summary:
The winged warriors of the 360 sprint cars were the next feature to take over the track. When the race started, the cars didn't make it back to the flagstand before the red flag brought the race to a halt. Tim Hunter and Mike Dunlap both ended up flipping and coming to rest on their sides in turn two. The drivers were not injured but their pride must have been. As the safety crew worked to clean up the mess, Hunter and Dunlap had a heated exchange of words as to who hit who and caused the wreck. The track officials were able to keep the drivers far enough apart to avoid a physical confrontation but they sure had a diffence of opinion as to who caused the mishap. The remaining sprint cars were lined back up for a complete restart. Tim Allison shot out into the lead as the green flag waved and his only challenge would come after a late race restart with just 2 laps to go to the finish. Neil Shepherd took one shot at passing Allison for the lead on the bottom of the track but Allison quickly slammed the door on him. Tim Allison went on to win his 2nd sprint race of the season at Waynesfield Raceway Park. This was Allison's 96th career sprint car win. He says his goal is to win over 100 races before he retires from driving and at this rate he may very well get to that point during this 2009 season. Shepherd went on to finish 2nd in the sprint car feature event. The most impressive run of the night goes to Darren Long by finishing 3rd after starting in the 15th position. The sprint car heat winners were Mike Dussel, Mike Dunlap, and Neil Shepherd.

Ohio Cycleworx 360 Sprints
Heat #1: 6D-Mike Dussel, 2TH-Tim Hunter, 55-Scott Carter, 17-Jared Horstman, 1W-Kent Wolters, 47-Caleb Helms, 27J-Chris Jones

Heat #2: 7C-Neil Shepherd, 2DH-Dallas Hewitt, 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 28- Shawn Valenti, 4J-Bob Gehr Sr., 2-Brent Gehr

Heat #3: 57J-Mike Dunlap, 11-Tim Allison, 6s-JR Stewart, 1-Nate Dussel, 7L-Darren Long, 3G Bob Gehr Jr.

A-Main: 11-Tim Allison, 7C-Neil Shepherd, 7L-Darren Long, 6D-Mike Dussel, 6s-Jr Stewart, 1W-Kent Wolters, 2DH-Dallas Hewitt, 93-Sheldon Haudenschild, 28-Shawn Valenti, 1-Nate Dussel, 47-Caleb Helms, 2-Brent Gehr, 4J-Bob Gehr Sr., 27-Chris Jones, 3G-Bob Gehr Jr., 55-Scott Carter, 2TH-Tim Hunter, 57J-Mike Dunlap, 17- Jared Horstman

Tonight's Racing

We hope to see everyone out at Lima Land tonight for "Run for the Rabbit".

Limaland Motorsports Park - Elwer Fence Sprints -- June 5th

Friday, June 5, 2009 - Limaland Motorsports Park - Elwer Fence Sprints Feature
1) Darren Long 2) JR Stewart 3) Tim Allison 4) Neil Shephard 5) Dennis Yoakam 6) Luke Hall 7) Mike Miller 8) Kent Wolters 9) Mike Dunlap 10) Jeff Williams 11) Dallas Hewitt 12) Steve Irwin 13) Ron Blair 14) Jared Horstman 15) Caleb Helms 16) Pete Ischi 17) Shelby Bilton 18) Bob Gehr Jr. 19) Rick Boughan 20) Sheldon Haudenschild

Summary from limaland.com
The second feature of the night was the Elwer Fence Sprints. Immediately after taking the green flag from flagman Jon Burden, Sheldon Haudenschild took a quick tumble in turn one bringing out the red flag which forced a complete restart. After realigning the field, the green flag waved again and it was Darren Long bolting to the lead and never looking back. Long established a comfortable straightaway lead over Tim Allison who came under fire from defending track champion JR Stewart. Stewart moved past Allison at the half-way mark but never put a dent in Long’s lead. The race finished without a hitch and Darren Long took his first win at Limaland, qualified for the 2009 King of the Quarter Mile, and finally got his season on track.

First Feature Win of 2009!!

What a fantastic night of racing. We brought home our first feature win of 2009!!   We were planning on running with SOD tonight at I-96, but due to rain on it's way, we have headed back home.   Next weekend outlook: We will be at Lima Land this coming Friday night the 12th for Run for the Rabbit race.

Weekend of Racing

We will be racing at Lima Land tonight and I-96 Speedway (Lake Odessa, MI) Saturday night.